Joe
Ledley had a
header cleared off the line for Palace, but that didn’t stop them from getting
their first home win of the season – also their first ever home Premier League
win in September. Wayne Hennessey was on the bench for Palace, who are
now unbeaten in four matches.

Andy
King failed to feature for Leicester for the first time this
season.

Hull 2-4
Man City

James
Chester spent his
third consecutive league match on the bench as Hull faced the club where he
began his career. Hull fought back from 2-0 down to level against Manchester
City. Man City, after all the money they’ve spent, couldn’t actually let Hull
get a point, but Hull can feel encouraged by this performance, even though
they’ve not won in the league since the opening day.

Man Utd
2-1 West Ham

James
Collins watched
from the bench as West Ham very nearly got a point at Old Trafford – and
probably would have done if the assistant referee hadn’t done his job with the
competence that’s usually only displayed by female officials.

Man Utd
would have been particularly glad to win after suffering their worst ever start
to a Premier League season. Hopefully, Ryan Giggs looked slightly less
miserable than usual, but if he did, I didn’t notice.

Sunderland 0-0 Swansea

Jazz
Richards made his
first Premier League appearance of the season as a substitute – and I believe
also his first Premier League appearance since 2011 - taking over the right back
position following the dismissal of aspiring Wales international Angel Rangel.
Richards, Ashley Williams and Neil Taylor would have been
especially happy with the clean sheet as Swansea avoided a third straight league
defeat.

Arsenal
1-1 Tottenham

Aaron
Ramsey gave
Arsenal an excellent chance of a first-half goal, but it came to nothing. Not
long afterwards, Ramsey injured both his hamstring and (potentially) Wales’
qualification hopes, leaving the field early in the second half, but Arsenal
came from behind to draw against their rivals and are unbeaten in the league
this season. Ben Davies was again left back in the changing room for
Tottenham.

West Brom
4-0 Burnley

Boaz
Myhill was on
the bench.as West Brom got their biggest win since 2012. Burnley’s defeat meant
their goal difference was as bad as Newcastle’s, and with just one goal this
season (Sam Vokes can’t return from injury soon enough), they fell to the
bottom on goals scored. Liam O’Neil was left out of West Brom’s squad
despite an excellent surprise full debut in the League Cup.

Stoke 1-0
Newcastle

Paul
Dummett missed
from 30 yards for Newcastle, but plenty of his team-mates had equal difficulty
from much closer. The defeat leaves Newcastle winless in six games. Stoke are
known for their home wins, but this was actually their first in the league this
season. Ryan Shawcross must be losing his touch – but considering some of
the trouble he’s caused in his time, many would feel that’s probably just as
well.

Championship

Birmingham 1-2 Fulham

David
Cotterill has
apparently created more goalscoring chances than anyone else in the Championship
this season, but on this occasion, he was the scorer rather than the creator,
curling his shot into the top right corner from 25 yards out. So far so good,
but unfortunately for Birmingham, Fulham decided it was high time they added to
the single point they’d managed this season. George Williams was an
unused substitute for Fulham.

Blackpool
1-3 Norwich

Eliot
Parish was an
unused substitute for Blackpool as they extended their winless run to ten
matches in all competitions.

Norwich
bounced back from their shock League cup defeat to Shrewsbury Town – their only
defeat of the season – to take the three points against a side who aren’t two
divisions below them - or not yet.

Bolton
0-2 Derby

Craig
Davies was a
59th-minute substitute for Bolton as he continues to search for his
first goal this season that isn’t a penalty. With Bolton only winning once this
season and Derby only losing once, the final result probably didn’t come as a
surprise.

Bournemouth 2-0 Wigan

Emyr
Huws recovered from a slight ankle knock and went straight back into
Wigan’s starting line-up as his team extended their winless run to four matches.
Despite starting Bournemouth’s League Cup win against Cardiff after recovering
from a knee injury, Shaun MacDonald was not in the squad.

Brentford
2-0 Leeds

Steve
Morison was on
the bench for Leeds as they lost to promoted Brentford. He’s only played four
minutes (plus stoppage time) this season after spending the rest of the time on
the treatment table with a calf injury. This result ended a four-match unbeaten
run for Leeds, which saw them win three of those games.

Cardiff
2-1 Sheff Wed

It’s a
bit embarrassing, but Tom James was the only Welshman in Cardiff’s squad,
and he didn’t actually get onto the pitch. Caretaker manager Danny
Gabbidon chose not to recall either himself or Declan John after the
League Cup defeat to Bournemouth, but his team selection obviously worked.
Cardiff end a five-match winless run and win at home for the first time since
August.

Charlton
0-0 Middlesbrough

A
Rhoys Wiggins cross almost set up a late winner for Charlton, but they
were unable to take the chance to move into the play-off places. Morgan Fox
was an unused substitute, but Simon Church was left out of the squad
for the second successive match, despite a not too terrible record of one goal
and one assist from three substitute appearances.

Charlton
are unbeaten at home in all competitions.

Huddersfield 2-1 Millwall

A long
ball from Joel Lynch led to Huddersfield’s first goal, and although
Millwall equalised shortly afterwards, it was Huddersfield who went on to take
the win, ending a six-match winless match. This was also their first home win of
the seasons. Jermaine Easter was left out for Millwall, who have only one
win from their last eight matches – and that was against
Blackpool.

Ipswich
2-0 Rotherham

Craig
Morgan was
suspended for Rotherham after picking up an impressive (in a way) five yellow
cards in nine games. Let’s hope he doesn’t keep it up all season. Elliott
Hewitt came off the bench in the 86th minute for Ipswich, who won
their first match after six without a win. It’s now Rotherham’s turn to be
winless in six in all competitions.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Brighton

David
Vaughan missed
out for Forest after injuring his hamstring approximately four days after
returning from a hamstring injury. Andrew Crofts returned to Brighton’s
starting line-up after being rested for their League Cup victory over Burton.
Forest are unbeaten in the league this season.

Reading
3-3 Wolves

Lee Evans
gave Wolves a 2-1 lead just three minutes after they’d equalised
against Rotherham, but it only took a minute for Jake Taylor to find
Reading’s leveller. Substitute Dave Edwards was responsible for Wolves’
taking the lead on 84 minutes, though some reports class it as an own goal. But
sadly for Wolves, the goal fest wasn’t over yet, and the points were
shared.

League
One

Barnsley
0-3 Swindon

An injury
to Louis Thompson seems to be the only thing that went badly for Swindon
as they beat Barnsley 3-0, extending their unbeaten league run to seven matches.
Nathan Thompson no doubt contributed to Swindon’s clean sheet. Lewin
Nyatanga probably had a torrid time playing in defence for Barnsley, who
drop into the bottom four.

Bradford
1-1 Port Vale

Richard
Duffy kept his
place in Port Vale’s starting line-up as Port Vale extend their unbeaten run to
two matches - which isn’t too bad when you’ve just lost five matches in a row.
But if you look at it from a slightly less positive angle, Port Vale have won
only one of their last eight.

Bristol
City 3-2 MK Dons

Dave
Richards and
Wes Burns were unused substitutes for Bristol City, who continued their
unbeaten start to the season with victory over the team who were in second
place. Burns has only seven minutes of first-team football this season. Richards
has none, but he’s a goalkeeper so that isn’t as embarrassing.

Chesterfield 1-1 Notts Co

Jordan
Cranston made it
five starts out of five since joining Notts County from Nuneaton Town, while
there was also an eleventh start of the season for Jake Cassidy. County
are winless in five following this match. If Cassidy could score his third goal
of the season sometime soon, I’m sure his loan club would appreciate
it.

Coventry
0-2 Preston

Aaron
Phillips was an
unused substitute for Coventry, who lost their third match in a row – and their
first at the Ricoh Arena since returning to the venue earlier this month. But
they were facing Preston, who would be unbeaten were it not for that shock
random defeat to Walsall.

Crawley
2-0 Yeovil

Gwion
Edwards got his
first assist of the season as Crawley beat Yeovil 1-0 and got their second win
in four league matches – a big improvement on the four defeats suffered in the
four matches before that. Joe Walsh also played 90 minutes for
Crawley.

Crewe 0-3
Colchester

Rhys
Healey
celebrated being given international clearance with his first senior goal for
Colchester, with a bit of help from Crewe defender George Ray, who
couldn’t handle Healey’s pace. Sanchez Watt scored the winning goal, also
setting up the second. Billy Waters was lively for Crewe and came close
to giving them the lead. Crewe are effectively five points from safety, but
Colchester’s second win of the season moves them out of the bottom
four.

Leyton
Orient 2-3 Rochdale

Lloyd
James left the
field after 26 matches after going in for a 50-50 challenge and coming off much
worse. It was later confirmed the midfielder has a broken leg. The last thing
Orient needed was more bad news, but the defeat leaves them a point above the
relegation zone. Two of Rochdale’s goals were from Matt Done, who has eight in
ten matches. What a pity he turned out not to be Welsh.

Oldham
3-2 Scunthorpe

James
Wilson found
himself momentarily helping out the wrong team when a misplaced defensive header
led to Scunthorpe’s opening goal. Luckily for him, it was Oldham who took the
points, extending their unbeaten run to six matches.

Peterborough 1-0 Fleetwood

Chris
Maxwell did well
to keep out a 30-yard drive, but he again found himself on the losing side, with
Fleetwood now winless in seven – though their excellent start to the season
means they’re just three points behind the play-off places, and six points
behind second-placed Peterborough.

Sheff Utd
2-1 Gillingham

Josh
Pritchard made his
first league start for Gillingham, but couldn’t stop them from losing to
Sheffield United (though let’s be fair, not many teams beat them). Aaron
Morris was an unused substitute for Gillingham, who have just one win from
their last five games. Ben Davies played 71 minutes for the winners, who
have only lost one of their last seven.

Walsall
3-0 Doncaster

Tom
Bradshaw returned
from injury and scored his fifth goal in ten starts as Walsall moved out of the
bottom four. Bradshaw is responsible for half of Walsall’s goals this season,
and scored the second goal in this match early in the second
half.

League
Two

Burton
1-0 Cheltenham

Troy
Brown picked
up his fifth yellow card of the season as Cheltenham lost to Burton. After an
impressive start to the season, Cheltenham are now winless in five with three
defeats. True, they were playing table-toppers Burton on this occasion – but
Burton had lost their last two prior to this match.

Carlisle
1-0 Tranmere

A
goalkeeping injury meant Dan Hanford made his Carlisle debut and he
didn’t exactly disgrace himself, keeping a clean sheet as Carlisle claimed their
first win. He also prevented a Tranmere goal when he saved at the feet of
Eliot Richards. Owain Fôn Williams didn’t have quite such an
enjoyable time in the other goal. Jason Koumas came off the bench for
Tranmere on 80 minutes.

Exeter
2-1 Bury

Daniel
Nardiello returned
to Bury’s starting line-up after scoring two goals as a substitute. But it was
his former club Exeter who took the points. Christian Ribeiro and
Arron Davies, who almost scored with a stunning half-volley from 20
yards, both played 90 minutes for Exeter. Nicky Adams could have scored a
tap-in for Bury, but he seemed to get his feet mixed up. Craig Jones also
started for Bury.

Luton 2-0
Oxford Utd

Jake
Howells passed a
fitness test after missing Luton’s last match with injury, and although he
missed a penalty, he did the next best thing by scoring from the rebound. He
also set up Luton’s opening goal with a pinpoint cross. Luton are now unbeaten
in four and out of the play-offs on goal difference.

Morecambe
0-1 Northampton

Kaid
Mohamed was kept
off the scoresheet when his close-range volley was superbly saved, but one goal
was enough for Northampton to get their fourth win in six matches and move ahead
of Morecambe on goal difference. After spending a couple of seasons at the wrong
end of the table, Northampton are keeping up the pressure on the top
three.

Newport
4-1 Wimbledon

Darren
Jones was a
doubt for Newport after suffering from illness, but he recovered to take his
place in defence as Newport extended their unbeaten run to seven matches.
Regan Poole and Tom Owen-Evans were on the bench, but Mike
Flynn and Aaron Collins didn’t recover from injuries, as hoped.

Stevenage
3-0 Mansfield

Lee
Beevers was in
defence for Mansfield as they suffered their biggest defeat of the season. The
match reports don’t seem to mention Beevers’ defending, which might be a good
sign. With five wins and five defeats from their ten games, Mansfield are only
out of the play-off places on goal difference.

Wycombe
1-0 Cambridge

Joe
Jacobson played
90 minutes for Wycombe as they stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches –
but things might not have ended quite so well if Jacobson hadn’t been on hand to
block a cross-shot from a dangerous Cambridge. Aaron Holloway, said to be
‘pushing for a start’, was an 82nd-minute substitute.

Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen
3-2 Inverness

Ash
Taylor played
90 minutes for Aberdeen as they beat the formerly high-flying
Inverness.

Marley
Watkins scored
Inverness’ second goal of the match and his own second in two
matches.

Ross
County 2-1 Dundee

Kyle
Letheren was in
goal for Dundee as they lost their second game in a row to the formerly
pointless Ross County.

La
Liga

Villareal 0-2 Real Madrid

Gareth
Bale played 90 minutes for Real Madrid. He had chances, but couldn’t add
to his three goals this season.